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what's new - june 2003
I'm currently working on a new format for the site, which ties together all of our visual styles without retaining so much grey. I want to make the site fit into a single window without scrolling down, and we've also got some flash stuff in the works. There is also a new promo for june that we're still mixing, and two live cd sets should be posted soon once I transmogrify them to mp3.

brief intro
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his site is an ongoing project brought to you from an apt in seattle, wa.
All original music by tendo + charlie. "deftek" is just a moniker for our joint apparition and future label plans.
our voyages through life bring us inspiration to write music, and to share it with others.

The songs on this page were created 2002-2003. We started producing on my computer in 1999 but it took awhile to find the sound we were looking for while learning the software. the newer tracks were written using a computer sequencer and a roland A-30, some of the older tracks were written jointly by tendo + charlie while in different states over the internet. the rest were made independently using computer software or with icon.

most of this site isnt really done yet, i want to create a lot of content on lots of different topics and incorporate it into a /pathways/ section. im also working on cataloging all of my live mixes and sorting out the tracklistings.. so until this is all done you can download some tracks featured from our latest 'promo' CD :

.... download as many as you wish, but please send feedback.

***Important: Some peepl have reported problems with downloading. If clicking on the title or picture doesnt work for you, you should right click on the file and select "save target as". ***

 
170BPM
AUG02

This track was written during experimentation with lucid dreaming. Tracks like this always make me feel like i'm in a state of semi-subconsciousness. The state right before you realize whether you're awake yet or not. Then we move through the track into the feeling of motivation, the desire to achieve. The bassline in this track is really punchy, I was very happy with the final result.

TRACKLENGTH : 3:45
GENRE : UNKNOWN
 
165BPM
OCT02

A journey into the terror and suspense, as well as the incredible ambient environment, created by director James Cameron and cinegraphic design artist H.R. Giger.. Utilizing vocal and SFX samples from their movie "Aliens", this song takes a brief trip to the planet of LV-426 to meet the natives....... Starting with a more chill intro (the awakening from hypersleep), and eventually taking you all the way to the inner bowels of the infested space colony itself, this was one of the first drum and bass tracks ever produced by deftek. Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen....

TRACKLENGTH : 6:57
GENRE : DNB
 
 
165BPM
APR03

This is a remix of a track that has been floating around def tek studios for months but never had the finishing touches. With some new samples and a different beat at a faster tempo this track became much more of an atmospheric dnb trip, and we were very satisfied with the results.

This is the beginning of a nu direction for us, using vocal samples that dont really make any sense at all to create a stream of evil consciousness probing your mind with subliminal hints of hostility and perturbed disturbance.

TRACKLENGTH : 4:50
GENRE : DNB
   
170BPM
APR03

This is the humid, hard to breath atmosphere in a foggy section of the minds of deftek... the section where the subconscious lies in wait of unsuspecting thoughts to assimilate into the void...the section where all things become nothing....the secret of the universe.

TRACKLENGTH : 5:09
GENRE : DNB
   
156BPM
JUL02

this was written in an overly warm bedroom at night in the middle of the summer. recommended for night time listening. melt through your chair.

TRACKLENGTH : 2:05
GENRE : AMBIENT
   
170BPM
JUL02

You like teh funk? Well den damn brutha, download this ish...if not, you dun lawst yo' soul man! Maybe, if you listen to this uber funkalicious vibrationary smoothness, you will be granted yo' soul back... o.O

TRACKLENGTH : 6:19
GENRE : FUNK
   
165BPM
DEC02

Thinking alone at night in a dark room. Immersed in the shroud of contemplation, your thoughts replace the room and surroundings over time, slowly blending into one. As time passes, the environment fades away, and sleep is its replacement. Despite the change physical state, the mind is now working forty-two times faster, analyzing, organizing, and creating. This, of many paths to this dream state is ponder.

TRACKLENGTH : 8:34
GENRE : DNB
   
170BPM
APR03

Strapped into the Luxury Seat 2000 of padded goodness, two hands firmly grasp a piece of formed hard plastic, inset with buttons of bright colours. After a brief pause for a sip of (*insert favourite tasty beverage here*), the palms reconnect with their technological host, and begin to work in cooperation with thousands of nerves to enable the user to perform actions within a specified game platform. Plug yourself in before hearing this.

TRACKLENGTH : 5:24
GENRE : DNB
   
120BPM
JUL02

this track was made during the deeper concentration sessions with icon in the summer of 02. an ambient journey through many sonic canvases. this track is recommended for night time listening.

TRACKLENGTH : 4:17
GENRE : AMBIENT
   
160BPM
JUL02

A rather happy tune, this one was written for Charlie's little brother, Wesley. Various happy melodies casually drift over top of a phresh beat, and a bouncy bassline. *Head bobbing with a smile=highly encouraged ^_^*

TRACKLENGTH : 4:51
GENRE : HIPHOP
   
116BPM
JUN02
this is a remix of a future sound of london track titled "a permanent state of abyss". i used one sample from the beginning of the track and immersed it in my own batch of 3/4 timing: a time signature often ignored by electronic producers.
TRACKLENGTH : 5:41
GENRE : AMBIENT
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